Skoda Roomster - odd. Fabia at front with more boxy back like a tall estate. Very clever rear seats, lots of space, only about £1000 more then Fabia but may look a bit too square. Falls into the quirky looks. http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/skoda/roomster/682/2

Cars rejected for other reasons:Toyota Aygo - stupid waist high bottom of bootVauxhall - local dealer is Arnold Clark and were real trouble when I had the Astra and VectraVolvo - nothing I can affordSaab - nothing I can afford

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We lease a Honda Jazz at the moment, and we'll probably be getting another one when that runs out. They're a great drive, and the packing options go from folding the back seats upwards for tall space, to completely flat packing the pack and van-ing the car.

The driving is comfortable, spacious and what you get on standard with them includes AC etc. We pay 200 a month to lease ours, which isn't bad at all.

Andrew, I wasnt thinking... if you need me to pick you up at all this week for a lunch run to any of the dealerships, I will should be able to help out. If it had clicked with me sooner, (DOH) I would have taken you around to the dealerships today!

We looked at the Nissan Dealer in Dundee, they share it with another brand... I cant recall the name, but I loved some of their cars!

We ended up with the QashQai, is that too big for what you are looking for? Lovely car to drive!

When hiring cars before we bought, the Peuguot (sp, it is late and I dont feel well so I am not looking it up) was nice. I am a pretty good size with back/neck injury so not generally good in cars low to ground that I have to climb out of. We seemed to keep getting 4 door hatchbacks... Really nice, good gas mileage as well. I will dig about my file pile to get you exact models if you like?!

just looked up the dealership... the two cars I liked were the megane and the scenic... both drove well and felt nice... just werent big enough for a soon to be growing family! (also I dont think they had the electronics package we were looking for. I cant remember) Hope that helped some!